Some are better for stubborn weeds (the garden knife or the Cape Cod weeder), and others are great at handling weeds with shallow roots ... Edward Tools Aluminum Hand Cultivator $7.95 at Amazon.

I was able to weed the garden bed with the stirrup hoe in half the time of pulling weeds by hand. Hand weeding: 15 minutes, 17 seconds Stirrup hoe: 7 minutes, 16 seconds ...

The Expert Gardener Steel Hand Weeder with Comfort Grip is just $5 and has a 4.6 out of 5 star rating.. One customer writes on Walmart's website, "This tool is a life saver if you are a gardener ...

An array of long-handled weeding-tool options helps gardeners get rid of weeds without the ache of bending over and over ...

Most gardeners have their favorite and must-have tools. Except when I am mowing the lawn, when I garden, I always have my small pruners and my dandelion digger (weeder) on my hip.

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Putting it to the test. Hand weeding half of a 10-by-20-feet garden took Wirecutter staffer Sebastian Compagnucci around 15 minutes, whereas using a stirrup hoe on the other half took seven minutes.